Example sentences of "over [coord] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over and over the one phrase would go . |
| 2 | This sometimes takes the form of one or more anticipatory subordinate clauses before the verb of the main ( superordinate ) clause , as in this section of ( 2 ) : " and , at once pressing and gliding , repeated over and over The common occurrence of parenthetic structures can also be noted : " somewhat grimly " ( 6 ) ; " tapping her left side familiarly " ( 9 ) ; " then at Nice " ( 11 ) . |
| 3 | At first there was a lack of trust between us : I thought they were not trying hard enough as we went over and over the same issues ; they thought I was trying to take over . |
| 4 | Over and over the events of the day I go , vainly searching for where I went wrong … |
| 5 | I was sticky with mud , and my mind kept going over and over the extraordinary events of the afternoon and evening . |
| 6 | She went over and over the last time she had seen him . |
| 7 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 8 | She could almost touch him now , but he was frowning , running his finger over and over the Paisley pattern on the corner of the duvet that overlapped the sill . |
| 9 | He had been wakeful all night , gnawing over and over the tangle of his doubts and fears , and unable to worry his way through them to any certain hope . |